1993 Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County
Community Tasting Note
Mark1npt Likes this wine:
Monday, October 31, 2022 - 2nd bottle of this...pnp'd into a decanter to have with my Domino's meat lovers pizza getting ready for the Phillies eventual WS victory ........but alas, it's a rainout, tonight.
Great from the pnp, this cork not spongy as the last one was, but rather dried out a tad and came out in 2 parts even with an ah-so. Moderate sediment on the bottle, nice dark garnet color still. So smooth right from the get go....settled in better after 1-2 hours just as the last bottle. The nose has a really nice earthy, dirty fall leaves/mushroom notes to it and some wonderful caramel tones, as well. This bottle developed a little more acidic backbone by the second hour and all throughout the bottle, had a tad more of that great caramel note on the nose and the palate. Love when old toasty barrels, vanilla and still good 29 yo fruit comes together......based on how this bottle has held up, I have no worries for my others going a few more years, too. How can you beat this kind of Napa (lol, really from Sonoma) royalty for $35/bottle at auction? If people out there only knew what they were missing......94 pts.
addendum: 13.8% alc....amazing and the longer it's open, a clean, bright red cherry fruit emerges, some of the caramel starts to fade a bit. This bottle moving toward a 95.......
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Comment posted by TXRDW:
10/31/2022 7:03:00 PM - What a wine, Mark. Great notes and I certainly appreciate your patience, both with the Arrowood and most certainly with your Phillies. It has been a long time :) Cheers!!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
10/31/2022 7:49:00 PM - Lol...R....they're one of the 2 oldest MLB teams and until recently the only one with 10,000 losses! Their only 2 WS Champs have been during my lifetime, so I feel blessed (even if we did cheat in '08 to win it)........then again, I feel every year, there are numerous teams cheating in some way. It seems to be the natural thing to do in MLB. I could tell you so many stories......
Comment posted by DrBad:
11/1/2022 6:09:00 AM - Growing up a Mets fan it's really hard for me to root for the Phillies but I will against the cheating Astros! And I do like the makeup of this team.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
11/1/2022 6:22:00 AM - Thanks, DB....I know that's hard for a Mets fan to say!
Comment posted by DrBad:
11/1/2022 8:49:00 AM - Been in Colorado for 37 years so my Mets loyalty has faded. Just have our pathetic Rockies...
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
11/1/2022 9:25:00 AM - It's a beautiful stadium, though.......